The Gold Coast’s world-first artistically designed buoyant reef, Wonder Reef, has opened and already attracting divers to experience this unique underwater attraction.
Anchored approximately 2.5 kilometres offshore from Philip Park, The Spit on Queensland’s Gold Coast, Wonder Reef is the work of Australian artist Daniel Templeton and explores the themes of movement, repetition and time to create a living art reef that captures the imagination and attention of divers, art-lovers, architects, eco-tourists, engineers and scientists throughout the world.
Jump in and explore Wonder Reef. Photo Credit: Destination Gold Coast & Wonder Reef
The newest addition to the Gold Coast Dive Trail, the nine underwater sculptures, towering almost 22 metres above the sea floor, move like giant kelp. Each structure is anchored to the seafloor and the varying depths of the reef make it ideal for a range of diver levels. Divers can witness the ever-changing ecosystem, the deeper you dive this vertical drop dive. Explore swim-throughs with Indian scad bait fish, giant gold-spotted rock cods, Queensland groupers, and sequined mulloway and admire the flourishing coral as it evolves over time.
Templeton describes the nine large-scale vertical underwater sculptures as “beacons of optimism and invention”, which is reflective of the Gold Coast’s bold and creative persona.
Gold Coast Dive Adventures is currently operating tours to dive Wonder Reef. Visit their website to find out more, at goldcoastdiveadventures.com.au/wonder-reef-dive-trip/
